There were a group of people before the Ascension known as the Astalsi. They claimed that each person was born with a certain finite amount of ill luck. And so, when an unfortunate event happened, they thought themselves blessed–thereafter, their lives could only get better.

Brandon Sanderson
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There were a group of people before the Ascension known as the Astalsi. They claimed that each person was born with a certain finite amount of ill luck. And so, when an unfortunate event happened, they thought themselves blessed—thereafter, their lives could only get better. The idea of having an end of days is a belief that goes back to ancient Greece.

The ancient Greeks believed that by the time of the apocalypse, everyone would have died. Only those who had lived their lives well would be saved by the demigod, Jesus Christ.

Source: The Final Empire

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